In a strange twist, I actually went to a wedding…well, wedding party, but let’s not split hairs I wore a suit…this past weekend. An admittedly goofy link to this, lo-fi group The Weddings releasing a new album titled Unhappy Weddings, especially as said matrimony didn’t seem unhappy at all. Still, The Weddings have always come…
Been a while since we’ve heard from bedroom-indie-pop outfit The Weddings but, blam, they’re back…with a pal. They’ve teamed up with another Japanese artist, MOL (who, according to MySpace, lives in Mie Prefecture, which is where I am. We sorta famous now!), to release a split 7″ featuring a handful of new songs. Only discouraging…
Near the top of my secret “Hopes for 2010” list sits the wish that the type of innocent indie-pop anyone can make in there living room. It’s not that farfecthed – “chillwave” is a similar on-the-fly genre where nostalgia escapism takes the place of starry-eyed innocence. In my hypothetical world, a band like The Weddings…